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International Bacon Day, aka the greatest of food holidays, is celebrated every Saturday before Labor Day. Chances are, you already have a bacon dish on your cookout menu this year, so feel free to indulge in even more crispy, sizzly, greasy goodness.

And if you’re not heading out of town this weekend, save your money for one of the many festivals that highlight bacon, and the drinks that pair well with it, happening this fall in cities across the country.

Celebrate International Bacon Day on September 1 by booking your flight to one of these five can’t-miss bacon festivals!

Musicy City Bacon and Barrel Festival (Courtesy of Music City Bacon & Barrel)

Music City Bacon & Barrel FestivalNashville, Tennessee | September 21

Nashville, Tennessee, has quickly become a hot spot for foodies and the travel-hungry. At Bacon & Barrel, 15 of the city’s best restaurants will serve up bacon and barbecue recipes with a southern flair.

Enjoy live music and get to know the distillers as you sample fine bourbon, whiskey and more at this festival that promises “all good things that come from old oak barrels.”

Tickets are $39 and include healthy servings of bacon dishes and 15 drink samples. There will also be a cash bar that benefits Phoenix Club of Nashville, which raises funds for under-served youth in the area. Visit facebook.com/baconandbarrel for more.

Bacon and Beer Classic (Courtesy of Bacon and Beer Classic)

Bacon and Beer ClassicNew York City | September 29 Chicago | October 6 San Francisco | November 10

Make the rounds in one of the stadiums hosting this all-you-can-eat (and drink!) foodie festival. The stadium locations provide a fun atmosphere for playing games, taking photos and pigging out on bacon-centric dishes from the best local restaurants. Wash it all down with unlimited beer in your souvenir cup.

Festival founder Kate Levenstien shared, “A lot of times the chefs will be creating new dishes that [the attendees] can’t get at the restaurant. It’s a little bit more of an exclusive offering that they can’t get everywhere else.”

One of her favorites from the event in Nashville, Tennessee, last year was a toast topped with goat cheese and homemade bacon jelly. Other dishes range from bacon macaroni and cheese to bacon cupcakes.

Levenstien started Cannonball Productions in 2013 at just 26 years old. Now the New York City Bacon and Beer Classic draws an incredible 12,000 attendees. The event company also has the Taco Takeover festival with September dates in Miami and Los Angeles, and a Whiskey Feast festival. Tickets start at $59 for the Bacon and Beer Classic. Visit baconandbeerclassic.com for more.

PA Bacon Fest (Meghan Moyer Photography)

PA Bacon FestEaston, Pennsylvania | November 3-4

Round up the little ones for this two-day, family-friendly festival in historic Easton, Pennsylvania, two hours north of Philadelphia. Grab a bite from one of the 100+ local vendors offering bacon and pork dishes. Or purchase a ticket to one of the different tastings, which range from $15 to $25 per person.

Seeing as how it’s football season, the Pigskin Lounge offers a refuge from the crowds where you can relax with a cold one and watch the televised games. There will also be nonstop live music during the festival, and don’t miss the piglet racing, hog-calling contest and bacon-eating contest!

The $2 suggested donation supports city programs and will enter you to win a prize in the raffle. Visit discoverlehighvalley.com for more.

A "Bacon Boat" at the Smithfield Bacon, Bourbon and Beach Music Festival (John N. Payne Photography)

Bacon, Bourbon & Beach Music FestSmithfield, Virginia | October 6

Smithfield, makers of some of your favorite bacon, brats and ham, hosts this annual festival in its hometown of Smithfield, Virginia. Unique to this 21+ benefit event is the Bacon Condiment Tent, where you can bring your bacon stash to fashion it into a wrap or nachos or cover it with different flavors of dips and spices!

If you’re up for a challenge, enter the bacon eating contest and you could win a year supply of bacon. Or leisurely sip your way through small-batch, specialty bourbon samples and beer from Virginia craft breweries. The outdoor festival also has live music on three stages.

You can feel good about your bacon and beer consumption at this Laurel, Maryland, festival; 100 percent of the proceeds from the beer sampling at the festival will be given to the Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County to help their efforts. And each craft beer sample only costs one penny! If you’re really thirsty, get a full pour for $5.

When hunger strikes, head to the Bacon Bar, where there will be two tons of bacon up for grabs. Go back again and again to try the different varieties, all included in your ticket. Or try one of the gourmet bacon dishes served a la carte.

Also enjoy the live music, lawn games—oversized beer pong and giant Jenga, to name a few—and merch tables. Tickets start at $34 for beer drinkers. Visit beerbaconmusic.com for more.

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